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Social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Archaeologist | An archaeologist is a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts. Lucy, the oldest human known to man — nearly 3.2 million years old — was dug up in Ethiopia by archaeologist. ... Definitions of archaeologist. n an anthr |
| artifact | an object made by people |
| Artisans | a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand. |
| Bow | a knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons |
| Diffusion | the spreading of something more widely. |
| Domesticate | tame (an animal) and keep it as a pet or for farm produce. |
| Excavation site | a cavity formed by cutting,digging or scooping |
| Fire | combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke. |
| History | the study of past events, particularly in human affairs. |
| Ice Age | a time when glaciers covered much of the land |
| Hunter- gatherers | A hunter-gatherer is a human living in a society in which most or all food is obtained by foraging (collecting wild plants and pursuing wild animals), in contrast to agricultural societies, which rely mainly on domesticated species. |
| Monarchy | a government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent |
| Nomads | people who move from place to place as a group to find food |
| Prehistory | the period of time before written records. |
| Shrine | a place where people worship |
| Sickle | a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming. |
| Surplus | an amount that is left over after a need has been met |
| Systematic Agriculture | the organized growing of food on a regular schedule |
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